Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-09-28

if the people would only collect the pro-
ducts to make the exhibit. Now is an
opportune time to remove the tallow dip
from beneath the bushel.
Lumbermen say the demand for build
ing material was never better since the
settlement OF the country, and in fact
they would be unable to supply the de-
mand were money matters easier. This
speaks volumes for the Hills.
Our neighbcrs down the country have
long since learned .sThere is more plea
sure in pursuit than possession es-
pecially when applied to the railroads.
They now clamor for competing lines,
and we endorse their pleadings. But
when more roads are built into the
Hills we will wonder how to get rid of
the pool.
A bold scheme of engineering is that
Of tunnelling the Rocky mountains
under one of their highest peaks for a
distance Of $4,000 feet or nearly 5 miles.
1t is claimed that this work il accomp-
lished would shorten the distance between
Denver and Salt Lake City nearly 800
miles, and it is asserted that consider
able capital has been raised IN England
for the undertaking.
The Northwestern Live Stock Jour-
nal, published at Cheyenne, has been in
corporated with a capital stock of $780,
600. The Journal is approaching the
fifth year of its suseful existence. Mr..
A. s. Mercer will remain with the paper
as editor, under whose able management
the Journal has gained its present popu-
larity, and wide spread reputation as a
reliable exponent of the live stock in
terests of the west.
From the Railway Age it is learned
shat some two years ago the Canadian
Pacific railway company commenced
suits against several of the contractors
who built its line around Lake Superior,
asserting that they had owercharged the
company by excessive measurements. !"
1t is not at all probable that the North
western will have trouble of similar
nature with their contractors ON the Black
Hills branch. 1t is barely possible the
latter will be the first to "squeal."
The ADVERTISER endorses the follow
ing from the Pierre Free Press, excepting
we add, come to the Hills: IF you are
coming to Dakota, you had better come
this fall. The failure OF crops in Ne
beaska and Kansas has turned the tide
of immigration from that direction and
the Dakota boom is sure to set in next
spring. At the present time lands are
plenty and values are correspondingly
low, but If you delay until the rush sets
in you will be compelled to pay boom
prices For property. Come now"
At Bismarck on the 22d the jury in
the Charles A. Wood murder case after
an absence of forty-two hours returned
a verdict of not guilty. Wood was
private soldier stationed at Fort Buford.
He shot and killed George Fleury, a
half-breed interpreter, in the fall of
1885. lie was tried, convicted and SEN
fenced to death in the spring of 1886.
The president granted stay and sub
the supreme court ordered
new trial. Wood admitted the killing,
but claimed it was done in self defense.
The temperance people of Rapid pass
ed resolutions denouncing the action of
the fair association in permitting intox-
icating liquors to be sold on the grounds
this week. 70 make their course more
conspicuous, they resolved not to attend
the fair or in any wise lend their in
fluence to aid the exhibit. It is to be
regretted that difference should have
arisen at this time between the temper
ance element and exposition manage
ment, as it will injure the prohibition
cause, and may not add to the success
of the fair
A corporation that will be known as
the American Beef pool was organized
few days since at Denver. It's principal
object will be for live stock growers to
pool their issues in sufficient numbers to
control the market and stiffen prices by
avoiding gluts. The scheme is looked
upon with much favor by cattlemen
generally, and it is probable the enter
prise will be success. Now, if the
farmers would organize similar asso-
citation and abide by its rules and
regulations they would realize better
prices for their products. They could
do it if they would.
A corn festival will be held at Sioux
City from October 8 to 8. A magnif-
Gent palace, 100 feet square and of pro-
portionate height, built exclusively Of
corn collected from Dakota, Iowa and
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